Jim Igoe received his Ph.D. from Boston University in Anthropology. Dr. Igoe has taught at major universities: the University of Colorado at Denver and the University of Virginia. He also established an NGO called Bridge (Bridge for Indigenous Development and Grassroots Empowerment). This NGO, amongst other things, promotes indigenous conservation efforts. Founded in 1989, Thomson Wadsworth is a provider of books, multimedia and online solutions for the social sciences.
In this chapter, Igoe supports arguments made in Ramachandra Guha’s Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique: Western conservation models are not universal; and conservationists’ emphasis on wilderness is detrimental when applied to the Third World. Igoe argues that being a consumer is not a …show more content…
Cattle are very important to the Maasai; for example, they believe God decreed that all cattle belonged to them. Also, giving gifts of livestock is a common practice for the Maasai (ceremonies, dowry rituals, and so forth). Igoe contends that the enclosure of Maasai cattle grazing lands (through conservation efforts) is a material process that has had much ecological and social impacts. He places much emphasis on the creation of Tarangine National Park and how it greatly contributed to the displacement of Maasi herders. This is spot-on with concepts in Mac Chapin’s A Challenge to Conservationists. Specifically, Chapin’s elaboration on the difficulties between indigenous peoples and conservationists. Throughout the text, Igoe supports Chapin’s point that indigenous peoples are an important part of the ecological equation across the globe, and they should be included in conservation efforts. Also similar to Chapin’s theories, Igoe discussed Maasi NGOs and how they can become dependent on their western donors. This donor-recipient relationship can lead to donors heavily influencing the agendas of the
In this chapter, Igoe supports arguments made in Ramachandra Guha’s Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique: Western conservation models are not universal; and conservationists’ emphasis on wilderness is detrimental when applied to the Third World. Igoe argues that being a consumer is not a …show more content…
Cattle are very important to the Maasai; for example, they believe God decreed that all cattle belonged to them. Also, giving gifts of livestock is a common practice for the Maasai (ceremonies, dowry rituals, and so forth). Igoe contends that the enclosure of Maasai cattle grazing lands (through conservation efforts) is a material process that has had much ecological and social impacts. He places much emphasis on the creation of Tarangine National Park and how it greatly contributed to the displacement of Maasi herders. This is spot-on with concepts in Mac Chapin’s A Challenge to Conservationists. Specifically, Chapin’s elaboration on the difficulties between indigenous peoples and conservationists. Throughout the text, Igoe supports Chapin’s point that indigenous peoples are an important part of the ecological equation across the globe, and they should be included in conservation efforts. Also similar to Chapin’s theories, Igoe discussed Maasi NGOs and how they can become dependent on their western donors. This donor-recipient relationship can lead to donors heavily influencing the agendas of the